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QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Apr 18, 2016 -> 07:12 PM) @AdamSchefter After medical rechecks, Notre Dame's Jaylon Smith is not expected to play in 2016 and teams are unsure when he will play again, per sources. Which means he probably won't be drafted.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Apr 18, 2016 -> 06:16 PM) Can you post article? Sounds like we're getting screwed That is when the stadium debt is supposed to be paid off.

QUOTE (Lillian @ Apr 18, 2016 -> 04:59 PM) I don't think that is a valid comparison. Yes, they were 11TH out of 14 A.L. teams. However, their OBP in 2005 was .322 which was just .007 points from being tied with two other teams, for 6TH. Moreover, the team slugging percentage was .425 which tied them for 7TH. It was a productive offense and was good enough, with the great pitching, that year. If our pitching holds up, and this team can be similarly productive, they'll be fine. Last year's numbers were no where near the 2005 offense, and most of us are counting on a substantial improvement, this season. But then that is the big question, isn't it? It's very early, but so far, not so good. We'll see. Ugh. Fun with numbers. You are trying to compare apples and oranges here. #1 steroid era, vs now. Offense is completely different. You have to compare equalized numbers. #2 Full season numbers versus 12 game numbers. Because of the small sample size of a season we have so far, we have WAY more outliers, and numbers haven't normalized yet. Once the season happens, numbers will cluster towards the middle, and the crazier outliers on both ends will moderate. #3, no one is really counting on a big improvement. People are counting on career normal-ish years from guys who are established hitters. Guys like Jose Abreu and Todd Frazier aren't going to hit like this all year long. Abreu is almost 200 OPS points under his career average. Todd Frazier is about 275 OPS under his career average. Those are the biggest two bats in the line up.

QUOTE (Tony @ Apr 18, 2016 -> 03:48 PM) Knowing the Bulls, Butler is going to come out saying all this stuff out there is a false, and blame the Bulls for spreading it. Demands a trade, thus killing any value he had. THAT would be classic Bulls. And then he tears his ACL in a stupid accident to seal the deal.

QUOTE (Tony @ Apr 18, 2016 -> 03:34 PM) Except you are smart enough to not just look at it through a vacuum. It leads to much bigger problems. No one is saying the play of Jimmy Butler was the reason the Bulls missed the playoffs, but clearly there are issues here. That line of reasoning would go over a lot better if they were in the Eastern Conference Finals right now. OR, the Bulls have made up their mind on who is going to win the Butler/Rose battle long-term, and are laying the ground work in the media for when they trade him. Limit the potential backlash by fans by making him seem like a tool. Knowing the Bulls, it is the second part.

Interesting interview with Rafael Palmiero http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/rafael-...moves-on-041816

Tim Brown ‏@TBrownYahoo 3h3 hours ago White Sox at 7-3 on the road jumps out. A year ago they started 2-12 out there...

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 18, 2016 -> 03:21 PM) Maybe he can get back to it, but sometimes you can't go back. Someone needs to tell him, he isn't curing illness, he isn't solving world hunger, he isn't educating kids, he isn't fixing climate problems, he puts a ball in a basket for a living. Really isn't all that noble when you think about it. Maybe that same person can talk to Derrick Rose about giving a s*** again.

Bob Nightengale ‏@BNightengale 1h1 hour ago Cool move: Ron Gardenhire rejoins #Twins organization as special assistant to GM Terry Ryan.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Apr 18, 2016 -> 03:02 PM) I'm struggling to see why you think these examples are equivalent to telling young women not to go to parties where alcohol is served i.e. normal college-age activities they should be able to freely and safely participate in. The solution for college campus sexual assault isn't for women to lock their doors and go to bed at 9PM on a Saturday night. I know you are struggling to get past the talking points, but I have no idea why. That I can't help you with.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Apr 18, 2016 -> 02:55 PM) But driving drunk in and of itself is bad. Going to a party is not similar to how driving a car isn't inherently bad and to be avoided. There's nothing wrong with young women wanting to go to bars or parties and even consume some alcohol. Neither is having "password" for a password, but we know it makes you more likely to have your identity stolen, so we tell people not to do so.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Apr 18, 2016 -> 02:48 PM) He didn't say those things, though. He suggested that the solution to sexual assault is for women not to go to parties where there is alcohol. It's about as useful as suggesting that the way to avoid a car accident is to never get into a car. Not really. More accurately would be don't drink and drive. We know that driving after drinking involves a higher rate of accidents. We tell people not to drink and drive all of the time. We also tell people not to get into a car with drunk driver, and we sure don't consider it victim shaming to do so.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Apr 18, 2016 -> 12:44 PM) yeah great comparison, excellent point. Who knew that the idea of "don't blame women for their own sexual assaults because they went to a party with alcohol (gasp!)" would be so controversial? It isn't. But it also isn't what was said, so...

Next time someone wants me to reduce my carbon footprint to stop global warming, I will just accuse them of victim blaming.

QUOTE (BrianAnderson @ Apr 18, 2016 -> 11:54 AM) I think the point to be made here is that we've played the A's and Twins for 7 of our 12 games. Those two teams will be at the bottom of the AL. We now start a stretch playing the Angels (don't think they're a playoff team this year - bad pitching staff), Texas (pitching isn't that great either. Have Hamels a few others that are okay - good offense) then play Toronto and Baltimore. If on April 30th we're 4 games above .500 I'll be very happy. I just have a feeling some of those teams are going to post some runs on us and hopefully our bats can respond. I'll say were 5-8 over our next 13 games. Happy with 7-6 Thrilled with anything better. We were 6-13 against the Twins last year.

QUOTE (shipps @ Apr 18, 2016 -> 11:21 AM) Do people consider Elliott to be possibly on Petersons level? I really dont know, I barely watch college football outside of highlights. That is more to answer the idea that a running back has no effect on an offense, not a valuation of Ellliot.

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Apr 18, 2016 -> 11:15 AM) Um, newsflash - nobody is questioning where the team is in the standings today on April 18th. What a few of the more thoughtful posters are simply questioning is whether with this anemic offense if the team will be able to maintain this position going forward. In other words, with the league's worst offense at the moment, will you be able to claim in big, bold words on May 18th that the Sox are in first place? June 18th? September 18th? That's all people are wondering about right now, and it's a legitimate concern. If you'd stop with the constant scolding of others around here you might have time to realize this yourself. He said scolding DA.

Jose Abreu

QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 18, 2016 -> 10:49 AM) Right but how many offensive positions add so little marginal value when you add the best player there? The other side of that is Adrian Peterson.

QUOTE (Brian @ Apr 18, 2016 -> 10:15 AM) I didn't have to pay to upgrade either. Yep, self-install is free.

Adam Jahns ‏@adamjahns 1h1 hour ago Notable offensive-player visits set this week for the #Bears: QB Paxton Lynch, WR Laquon Treadwell and RB Ezekiel Elliott.

Brian Bilek ‏@BrianBilek_ 47m47 minutes ago Brian Bilek Retweeted Dayton Cripe True but still... from '12-'16. Danks: HR/9: 1.35, K% 15.3, FIP 4.77 Gonzalez: HR/9: 1.33, K% 17.1%, FIP 4.70

QUOTE (Lillian @ Apr 18, 2016 -> 09:02 AM) The Sox team On Base Percentage is now .278. That is just a few points above Oakland and Tampa Bay, which is last in the League. Last year, the Sox were virtually tied for last in the League, with Minnesota. This is a trend which is not likely to be improved by the additions of Lawrie and Frazier, who own a collective, career OBP of .315. And some think that concerns over this constitute premature, irrational "panic". OK, we'll see. I hope the optimists are correct. They have the payroll flexibility to try to fix this, but unfortunately there doesn't seem to be anyone available. The most discouraging thing to me is that there isn't one guy in the Minors, who could offer any help. I'd be willing to part with Anderson, if the Sox could fix this glaring weakness. Who could they target in a trade, at this point? Even in that season last year had team OBP of .306, which is about 10% above where we are now. Those two are still above that number, as are Austin Jackson (.332), Alex Avila (.343) and Navarro (.312). That also doesn't account for guys like Jose Abreu who are off to terrible starts for them. So yes, expecting this out of the team would qualify as "panic"

QUOTE (joegraz @ Apr 18, 2016 -> 07:24 AM) I never mentioned panic....just that it's OK to acknowledge that a trend exists. And that it remains a trend until....it's not a trend anymore. Waiting impatiently! A trend like winning? Or pitching? Or defense?

QUOTE (joegraz @ Apr 18, 2016 -> 05:34 AM) Agreed. If this were a snapshot of just 12 games, then yeah, step away from the ledge. But this is all too familiar for our guys and is a continuation from years past. This is not an emotional reaction, it's "here we go again". As someone here said, they need to earn the benefit of the doubt. An emotional reaction is to invoke "hope". "Fill one hand with hope, and the other with dog doo, and tell me which hand fills up first"...source unknown But apparently "panic" isn't emotional.